Seeds if friendships – recipes from Europe

Syrup of calendula: a natural antibiotic.

components:

• 6 tablespoons of calendula

• 2 glasses of water

• 2 glasses honey

preparation:

Pour the calendula with water and boil for 15 minutes.

Put down , covered, for 30 minutes .

Then strain, add honey and boil again for 5 minutes.

Hot syrup pour  in to jars .

Use the 1 tablespoon several times a day, or add to hot tea.

Chamomile sorbetcomponents:

• 100 ml hot water (80 degrees)

• 2 teaspoons of chamomile

• 2 sprigs of mint

• juice of a half of grapefruit

• juice of a half of orange

• teaspoon of  lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon of honey

preparation:

1. Brew chamomile and mint, after 10 minutes strain and let cool.

2. Mix with the other components. Pour in to glasses.

3. Freeze : about 2-6 hours in the freezer. Check the sorbet several times, gently break the ice and mix.

4. When sorbet is delicate , still soft, but not frozen, remove from the freezer. Don’t let the sorbet completely froze.

Chocolate cake with mint 🙂 

components: 

• a glass of sugar

• a glass flour

• 1/2 glass of dark , bitter cocoa

• 1/2 glass chopped mint

• 2 eggs

• teaspoon baking powder

• 80g melted butter

• pinch of salt preparation: 

Pour the flour , sugar , baking powder , cocoa, mint in to a bowl and mix . Then mix dissolved cold butter with eggs and pour in to a bowl . Knead the dough and put it in the fridge for an hour . Preheat oven to 180st . Form them into small balls and arrange them on a baking tray. Remember to put baking paper on the baking tray.

Bake 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool . When the cookies cool down , remove from baking tray.